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- Author:
- Title:
- Government of Palestine. Ordinances, Regulations, Rules, Orders and Notices. Annual Volume for 1939. Volume I, Ordinances
- Publisher:
- Government Printing Press, Jerusalem.
- Description:
- Condition:
- Cloth-backed boards, the bottom edge bumped; but sound
- Book No.:
- W-26101
- Price:
- $ 75.00
- Category:
- PALESTINE, Acts
- Author:
- Title:
- Anno Primo Henrici Octavi [1 Hen VIII] [21 Jan-23 Feb 1510] [through] Statutes made in the parliament, holden . . . in the xxxvii yere of the reigne of . . . Henry the eyght [37 Hen VIII] [23 Nov-24 Dec 1545] [with the Table]. Eighteen Volumes in One
- Publisher:
- Thomas Berthelet [13] and William Powell [5] [imprints vary], London, 1539-1562.
- Description:
- A complete collection of the legislation of the parliaments of Henry VIII (from 1510 to 1545), including the years of the Reformation Parliament, the break with Rome, the dissolution of the monasteries, and the establishment of the Anglican Church
- Condition:
- Contemporary blind panelled calf over wooden boards, rebacked, the original spine laid down, remains of clasps, exceptionally clean; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-79347
- Price:
- $ 20000.00
- Category:
- Acts, Parliament
- Author:
- Pulton, Ferdinando
- Title:
- A Collection of sundrie Statutes, frequent in use: With Notes in the Margent and References to the Booke cases and Bookes of Entries and Registers . . . Together with an Abridgement of the residue which be Expired [etc.]. S.T.C. 9328. Folio
- Publisher:
- Printed [by Adam Islip] for the Societie of Stationers, London, 1618.
- Description:
- First edition of the first successful attempt to produce a critical edition of the Statutes at Large, "an advance upon all former editions [and] a new standard" in Holdsworth's words, based on Pulton's careful examination of the manuscript sources
- Condition:
- Contemporary blind-ruled polished calf, rubbed, neatly repaired, else well preserved, generously margined and especially bright; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-77868
- Price:
- $ 2750.00
- Category:
- Acts
- Author:
- Title:
- An Act to amend and render more effectual, in His Majesty's Dominions in America . . . An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for . . . extending the Provisions of the said Act to His Majesty's Marine Forces in America [15 Geo III c.15]
- Publisher:
- Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan [etc.], London, 1775.
- Description:
- A rare separate printing of the extension of the Quartering Acts to marine forces as well as those on land, increasing the existing tensions with the American colonies, and ultimately one of the grievances stated in the Declaration of Independence
- Condition:
- Modern green wraps, title + pages 383-406, light browning, else well-preserved with ample margins; four copies in ESTC, one in England
- Book No.:
- W-76282
- Price:
- $ 1500.00
- Category:
- Acts, colonies, military law
- Author:
- Title:
- The Ordinances of the British Solomon Islands Protectorate Enacted During the Year 1965, Together with the Legal Supplement, 1965
- Publisher:
- R.L. Gribble, Publisher to the Government..., Suva.
- Description:
- Condition:
- Blue cloth, a bit dusty, but a sound copy
- Book No.:
- W-90571
- Price:
- $ 45.00
- Category:
- Solomon Islands, Solomon Islands, Acts, English Commonwealth
- Author:
- Title:
- Anno xiii Reginae Elizabethe. At the Parliament begunne and holden at Westminster the seconde of April, in the xiii yere of the raigne of our most gratious soueraigne Lady Elizabeth [1571] . . . were enacted as foloweth. S.T.C. 9474; Beale S292. Folio
- Publisher:
- Imprinted at London By Newgate market . . . by Richarde Iugge, London, 1574?.
- Description:
- The legislation of Elizabeth's fourth parliament, its first act significantly expanding the definition of treason, extending it inter alia to any words or writing calling Elizabeth a "heretic, schismatic, tyrant, infidel, or usurper"
- Condition:
- Modern 1/4 calf over marbled boards, definite staining, else usable with generous margins and occasional notations; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-79441
- Price:
- $ 1500.00
- Category:
- Acts, bankruptcy, criminal law, law of usury
- Author:
- Title:
- Government of Palestine. Ordinances, Regulations, Rules, Orders and Notices. Annual Volume for 1938. Volume II, Regulations, Rules, Orders and Notices
- Publisher:
- Government Printing Press, Jerusalem.
- Description:
- Condition:
- Cloth-backed boards, showing wear, but sound
- Book No.:
- W-26100
- Price:
- $ 50.00
- Category:
- PALESTINE, Acts
- Author:
- Title:
- Anno Regni Caroli II. Regis Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae, & Hiberniae, Decimo Tertio. At the Parliament begun at Westminster, the Eighth day of May, Anno Dom. 1661 [with nineteen other statutory compilations through the first Parliament of James II]
- Publisher:
- Printed, by John Bill and Christopher Barker [imprints vary], London, 1661-85.
- Description:
- An extensive collection of compilations of Parliamentary legislation published during the quarter century reign of Charles II and thereafter, all rare, including the Act of Uniformity, the Licensing Act, the Habeas Corpus Act, and much in addition
- Condition:
- Twenty works in nine volumes, six in contemporary calf (one rebacked), three in modern bindings, some showing wear, but all sound; the Taussig copies
- Book No.:
- W-78334
- Price:
- $ 5500.00
- Category:
- Acts
- Author:
- Title:
- Essays on the Spirit of Legislation . . . Containing Observations on the Political Systems at present pursued in various Countries of Europe, for the Advancement of those essential Interests [etc.]
- Publisher:
- Printed for W. Nicoll . . . and G. Robinson [etc.], London, 1772.
- Description:
- First edition in English of the three essays honored by the Societe Oeconomique de Berne, the pioneering institution founded in 1759 and devoted to the ideals of the Enlightenment, "seeking reforms [both] in economy and society"
- Condition:
- Modern 1/4 calf over marbled boards, gilt, the first blank and title a bit chipped (no text affected), some browning, else quite sound; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-74849
- Price:
- $ 575.00
- Category:
- agriculture, Commercial Law, Acts, legal reform, FRANCE
- Author:
- Title:
- Government of Palestine. Ordinances, Regulations, Rules, Orders and Notices. Annual Volume for 1937. Volume I, Ordinances
- Publisher:
- Government Printing Press, Jerusalem.
- Description:
- Condition:
- Cloth-backed boards, showing wear, but sound
- Book No.:
- W-26099
- Price:
- $ 75.00
- Category:
- PALESTINE, Acts
- Author:
- Title:
- An Act to explain, amend, and reduce into One Act of Parliament, the General Laws now in being for regulating the Turnpike Roads of this Kingdom [7 Geo III c.40] [with the same for the Public Highways [c.42] with an index to both Acts]
- Publisher:
- Printed by Mark Baskett . . . and the Assigns of Robert Baskett, London, 1767.
- Description:
- A seemingly unrecorded printing of two major acts of Parliament addressing the "turnpike boom" and the related transportation revolution in the mid 18th century, setting forth both acts and, perhaps most usefully, an elaborate 62 page index to them
- Condition:
- Contemporary calf, crimson morocco label, double gilt rule and lettered, especially clean and bright, no copy in ESTC or OCLC; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-79759
- Price:
- $ 750.00
- Category:
- Acts, law of highways
- Author:
- Title:
- A Table to all the Statutes made in the tyme of the most victorious Reigne of kynge Edward the sixte [with] Anno Secvndo et Tertio Edvardi Sexti. Actes [with] An Acte of the Kinges Maiesties Moste Free and generall pardon. S.T.C. 9545, 9424, and ?9430.5
- Publisher:
- (1) Thomas Berthelet (2) Richard Tottel (3) Richard Grafton, London, 1553 & 57.
- Description:
- The first separately printed index of English statute law, a rare form of legal literature prior to 1800, with the acts of Edward VI's second parliament and a later pardon, two of the three works the privately held copies recorded in STC
- Condition:
- Later buckram, light browning and minor worming, else clean and well-margined, with the bookplate of Edwin Freshfield; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-78696
- Price:
- $ 2000.00
- Category:
- Acts, Abridgements
- Author:
- Ellis, Charles Thomas
- Title:
- Practical Remarks, and Precedents of Proceedings in Parliament; Comprising the Standing Orders of Both Houses . . . Relative to the Applying for, and Passing, Bills [etc.]
- Publisher:
- Printed by B'McMillan . . . Sold by Messrs. Brooke and Rider [&c], London, 1802.
- Description:
- First edition of a pioneering work, written by an Inner Templar thoroughly reviewing the process by which private bills are enacted in Parliament, focusing on several diverse subjects, including divorce, inclosure, turnpikes, bridges, and small debts
- Condition:
- Original boards, rebacked, printed paper label, a bit strained and a little foxing, else a good unsophisticated copy, untrimmed and partly uncut
- Book No.:
- W-76428
- Price:
- $ 450.00
- Category:
- Parliament, Acts
- Author:
- Title:
- The Ordinances of the British Solomon Islands Protectorate Enacted During the Year 1964, Together with the Legal Supplement, 1964
- Publisher:
- R.L. Gribble, Publisher to the Government..., Suva.
- Description:
- Condition:
- Blue cloth, a little dusty, but quite sound
- Book No.:
- W-90570
- Price:
- $ 45.00
- Category:
- Solomon Islands, Solomon Islands, Acts, English Commonwealth, Solomon Islands
- Author:
- Title:
- Anno XIIII Reginae Elizabethe. At the parliament begunne and holden at Westminster . . . in the xiiii yeere of the raigne [1572] of our most gracious soueraigne Lady Elizabeth . . . were enacted as folowith. S.T.C. 9478; Beale S296
- Publisher:
- Imprinted . . . in Powles Churche yarde by Richard Jugge [etc.], London, 1573-75.
- Description:
- The Parliament convened at the height of the perceived threat of Mary Queen of Scots to Elizabeth, the law of treason strengthened and the penalties upon those attempting to rescue those held, as Mary was, on charges of treason enhanced [c.2]
- Condition:
- Later 3/4 calf, somewhat rubbed and lightly browned, the act on vagabonds and relief of the poor [c.5] with an extensive gloss; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-79411
- Price:
- $ 1500.00
- Category:
- Acts, criminal law, poor law
- Author:
- Title:
- Ano Regni Iacobi . . . At the second Session of Parliament . . . in the third yeere of the raigne of our most gracious Soueraigne Lord Iames . . . proroged until the 18 of Nouember next following 1606 [etc.]. S.T.C. 9502 [including this copy]
- Publisher:
- Imprinted . . . by Robert Barker [etc.], London, 1606.
- Description:
- The acts of the parliament following the foiled Gunpowder Plot and the attempted assassination of James I, making it high treason for Catholics to obey Rome, prohibiting their practise of law or medicine, and imposing other severe restrictions [c.4]
- Condition:
- Modern 1/4 calf, the title's woodcut and some running heads shaved, some browning, else sound, without the subsidies acts; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-79519
- Price:
- $ 850.00
- Category:
- Acts, criminal law, Religion
- Author:
- Williams, T.W.
- Title:
- A Compendious Digest of The Statute Law, Comprising The Substance and Effect of All the Public Acts of Parliament . . . from Magna Charta in the Ninth Year of King Henry III to the Twenty-Seventh Year of . . . King George III Inclusive. Cowley 276
- Publisher:
- Printed by His Majesty's Law Printers, for G. Kearsley [etc.], London, 1787.
- Description:
- The rare first edition of the last attempt to digest Great Britain's statute law, arranged alphabetically by subject and undertaken by the Inner Temple barrister known for his writings and as editor of the 'Law Journal'; one copy in ESTC in the USA
- Condition:
- Modern 1/4 calf over marbled boards, light browning and some staining towards the volume's end, else a very good copy, with the half title and errata
- Book No.:
- W-77068
- Price:
- $ 750.00
- Category:
- Abridgements, Acts
- Author:
- Title:
- Anno Octavo Reginae Elizabethae. At the Parliament by prorogation holden at Westminster the last day of September, in the eight yeere of the raigne of . . . Lady Elizabeth [1566-67] . . . were enacted as foloweth. S.T.C. 9469; Beale S(A)287a
- Publisher:
- Imprinted . . . By Newgate market . . . by Richarde Iugge [etc.], London, 1574?.
- Description:
- The acts of Elizabeth's third parliament, including [c.2] ending the procedural abuse used in bringing a fictitious lawsuit in someone else's name, part of the "jurisdictional dodge" (in John Baker's words) shifting much business to King's Bench
- Condition:
- Modern 3/4 calf, some browning, the title and last leaf somewhat marked, a marginal chip to the latter, one margin trimmed, else clean; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-79424
- Price:
- $ 1500.00
- Category:
- Acts
- Author:
- Cotton, Robert
- Title:
- An Exact Abridgement of the Records in the Tower of London From the reign of King Edward the Second, unto King Richard the Third, of all the Parliaments holden in each Kings reign [etc.]. Revised . . . by William Prynne. Wing C6489. Folio
- Publisher:
- Printed for William Leake Stationer, at the Crown [etc.], London, 1657.
- Description:
- First edition of one of two valuable works singled out by Holdsworth as the fruits of Prynne's scholarship in seeing published the previously unprinted public records of the Kingdom, both leading to his appointment as their Keeper in the next decade
- Condition:
- Contemporary speckled calf, lightly rubbed, else well-preserved, the Evelyn / Taussig copy, with (in addition) the Sir Frederick Evelyn bookplate
- Book No.:
- W-78344
- Price:
- $ 650.00
- Category:
- Abridgements, Acts
- Author:
- Title:
- An Act (Passed 20th June 1800.) For the Better Ascertaining and Collectiong the Duties Granted by Several Acts Passed in the Last Session of Parliament Relating to the Duties on Income, and to Explain and Amend the Said Acts [39 & 40 Geo III c.49]
- Publisher:
- Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan [etc.], London, 1800.
- Description:
- A rare printing of one of the first acts amending Pitt's "truly revolutionary proposal" to tax income directly, as efforts continued to enforce this fundamental transition "from a tax primarily on expenditure to a tax on income"; four copies in ESTC
- Condition:
- Original stabbed wraps bearing the Royal crests, slightly worn and chipped, else quite clean and well preserved, 44 pages; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-78336
- Price:
- $ 450.00
- Category:
- Acts, taxation
- Author:
- Title:
- Anno XXV Henrici Octaui. Actes made in the session of this present Parliament holden upon prorogation at Westminster [with] Anno XXVI [with] Anno XXVII [with] Anno XXVIII [1534-1536]. S.T.C. 9384.5, 9389.5, 9393.5, 9396.5; Beale S160, S167, S173, S179
- Publisher:
- T. Powell [and] T. Marsh, London, 1562-1575?.
- Description:
- The legislation central to the English Reformation under Henry VIII, including that confirming the final break with Rome and Henry as legally the Church of England's Supreme Head, dissolving the monasteries, and establishing the Act of Succession
- Condition:
- Modern panelled calf, lightly rubbed, else well preserved, the Goyder copy with his bookplate and dated ownership signature (1947); the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-78956
- Price:
- $ 4750.00
- Category:
- Acts, Ecclesiastical Law, legal reform
- Author:
- Title:
- The Ordinances of the British Solomon Islands Protectorate Enacted During the Year 1967, Togther with the Legal Supplement, 1967
- Publisher:
- J.C. Butler, Publisher to the Government..., Suva.
- Description:
- Condition:
- Blue cloth, a good sound copy
- Book No.:
- W-26114
- Price:
- $ 50.00
- Category:
- Solomon Islands, Solomon Islands, Acts
- Author:
- Title:
- Anno XXXI Reginae Elizabethae. At a Session of Parliament . . . in the one and thirtieth yeere [1589] of our most gratious Soueraigne Ladie Elizabeth . . . were enacted as followeth. S.T.C. 9487.7; Beale S303. Folio
- Publisher:
- Imprinted . . . by the Deputies of Christopher Barker [etc.], London, 1589.
- Description:
- The parliament enacting the landmark legislation permitting those accused of certain crimes to produce witnesses in their defense [c.4]--though not yet to have them sworn--not to be extended to treason trials until 1696 and to all felonies until 1702
- Condition:
- Modern 1/4 calf over marbled boards, definite worming (mainly pinhole, but not entirely), else quite clean with excellent margins; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-79367
- Price:
- $ 1250.00
- Category:
- Acts
- Author:
- Title:
- Anno secundo et tertio, Edovardi Sexti [1549]. Actes made in the session of this present Parliament, holden upon prorogation at Westminster . . . in the second yeare of our most dread soueraign Lorde Edwarde the vi [etc.]. Beale S224a; S.T.C. 9426
- Publisher:
- Richardvs Graftonvs [i.e. Richard Tottel], London, 1570?.
- Description:
- The Parliament whose first act "produced the first Prayer Book of the Church of England", ushered in by its Act of Uniformity, thus beginning the Edwardian Reformation in religion, to be supplemented by the act [c.21] permitting priests to marry
- Condition:
- Modern 1/4 calf over marbled boards, minor worming, else well preserved with ample margins, the second setting of Fii; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-79210
- Price:
- $ 1500.00
- Category:
- Acts, Religion
- Author:
- Title:
- Anno XXXVII. Henrici Octavi. Statutes Made in the parliament, holden at Westminster in the XXXVII yere [1545] of the moste renowned Henry the eyght, by the grace of God kinge of England, Fraunce, and Irelande [etc.]. Beale S214; S.T.C. 9414.5. Folio
- Publisher:
- T. Marsh?], London, 1575?].
- Description:
- The last early printing of the acts of the last Parliament of Henry VIII, twenty-four chapters in total, introducing for the first time in England a lawful interest rate (10%), the laws against usury remaining in effect until their repeal in 1854
- Condition:
- Modern cloth-backed marbled boards, some staining, else crisp; eight copies in STC, including this, the Hetherington (now the Taussig) copy
- Book No.:
- W-78541
- Price:
- $ 1750.00
- Category:
- Acts, Religion, law of usury
- Author:
- Title:
- The Ordinances of the British Solomon Islands Protectorate Enacted During the Year 1968, Together with the Legal Supplement, 1968
- Publisher:
- J.C. Butler, Publisher to the Government..., Suva.
- Description:
- Condition:
- Blue cloth, a sound copy
- Book No.:
- W-90574
- Price:
- $ 45.00
- Category:
- Solomon Islands, Solomon Islands, Acts, English Commonwealth
- Author:
- Brydall [Bridall], John
- Title:
- Speculum Juris Anglicani, Or, A View of the Laws of England, As They are divided into Statutes, Common-Law and Customs: Incidentally, Of the Customs appertaining to the Famous City of London, never before Printed [etc.]. Wing B5267
- Publisher:
- Printed by John Streater, Eliz. Flesher and H. Twyford [etc.], London, 1673.
- Description:
- Only edition (of two variant printings) of Brydall's first introductory treatise on English law, to be followed by his 'Enchiridion Legum' later in the year, "clearly written; and . . . doubtless useful to the students for which they were intended"
- Condition:
- Contemporary sheep, somewhat stained, neatly rebacked, the top margin cut a bit close (no text affected), else quite clean; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-79287
- Price:
- $ 1400.00
- Category:
- English Law, Acts, London
- Author:
- Saunders, Thomas William
- Title:
- Counties Police Acts, (2 & 3 Vict. c. 93; 3 & 4 Vict. c.88; and 19 & 20 Vict. c. 69) Together with An Analysis of the Statutes; the Rules and Regulations of the Secretary of State, &c. &c
- Publisher:
- John Crockford, Law Times Office, 29, Essex Street Strand, London, 1856.
- Description:
- A rare work, written by the Middle Temple barrister and Thames Police Court magistrate who had long followed (and written upon) the Police Acts, marking with the third act "a great step forward in the movement for police reform"; one copy in OCLC
- Condition:
- Original cloth, worn but sound, a few notations, presentation "To Valentine Goold Esq / Chief Constable of Somersetshire / with the Author's compts"
- Book No.:
- W-77175
- Price:
- $ 350.00
- Category:
- Police, Acts
- Author:
- Title:
- Anno III & IIII. Edwardi Sexti. Actes made in the Session of this present parlament . . . the iiii daie of Nouembre, in the thirde yere of the reigne of our most dread Souuereigne Lorde Edward the vi [1549] [etc.]. S.T.C. 9430 [including this copy]
- Publisher:
- Imprinted at London by Rychard Grafton, London, 1553.
- Description:
- An early printing during a tumultuous year, Parliament enacting the first Riot Act [c.5], establishing a public militia [c.5], abolishing non-Church of England religious books and most images [c.10], and outlawing "phantasicall" prophecies [c.15]
- Condition:
- Modern 1/4 blue morocco over marbled boards, gilt lettered, very light browning, else well preserved with good margins; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-79223
- Price:
- $ 1500.00
- Category:
- Acts, criminal law, law of slavery, military law, witchcraft
- Author:
- Title:
- Anno xxxv. Reginae Elizabethae. At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster the xix day of Februarie, in the fiue and thirtieth yeere [1593] of the Reigne of . . . Ladie Elizabeth . . . were enacted as followeth. S.T.C. 9491 [including this copy]
- Publisher:
- Imprinted . . . by the Deputies of Christopher Barker [etc.], London, 1593.
- Description:
- The parliament enacting severe punishments upon Puritan sectaries ("a vicious act" in G.R. Elton's words), potentially leading to exile or hanging [c.1] and, separately, forbidding Catholics from moving more than five miles from their homes [c.2]
- Condition:
- Modern 3/4 calf over marbled boards, some browning and some staining (mainly marginal), without the subsidies and pardon; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-79416
- Price:
- $ 1250.00
- Category:
- Acts, Religion, criminal law
- Author:
- Rastell, William (comp.)
- Title:
- A Collection of all the statutes, from the beginning of Magna Carta, vnto the yeare of our Lord (1557) which were before that yeare imprinted [to] the . . . fifth yeare of the raigne of oure Soueraine lady Queene Elizabeth [etc.]. STC 9308.5; Beale S61
- Publisher:
- In aedibus Richardi Tottelli, London, 1566.
- Description:
- The rare, third printing of one of Rastell's two significant contributions to legal literature, in John Baker's words "ambitious . . . a valuable reference [and of] enormous success" surpassing all previous efforts; five copies in ESTC, one imperfect
- Condition:
- Contemporary blind-panelled sheep, worn, spine chipped, minor worming, browning and staining, bookplate of Viscount Mersey; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-78475
- Price:
- $ 5000.00
- Category:
- Acts, Abridgements, Bibliography, Bibliography
- Author:
- Title:
- Government of Palestine. Ordinances, Regulations, Rules, Orders and Notices. Annual Volume for 1941. Volume I, Ordinances
- Publisher:
- Government Printing Press, Jerusalem.
- Description:
- Condition:
- Cloth-backed boards, a good sound copy
- Book No.:
- W-26104
- Price:
- $ 75.00
- Category:
- PALESTINE, Acts
- Author:
- Powell, John Joseph
- Title:
- An Essay on the Learning Respecting the Creation and Execution of Powers; and Also Respecting the Nature and Effect of Leasing Powers [etc.]
- Publisher:
- Printed by His Majesty's Law Printers [for two others], London, 1781.
- Description:
- The best edition of the first work on this complex area of law, undertaken by Powell (who was probably a student of Fearne's) while he was writing his seminal work on devises; one of several works by Powell which Holdsworth terms "very able"
- Condition:
- Contemporary calf, crimson morocco label, gilt, quite rubbed, front joint a bit loose but holding, else clean with good margins; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-79532
- Price:
- $ 275.00
- Category:
- contracts, Real Property, Powers
- Author:
- Title:
- Anno quarto & quinto Philippi & Mariae. Actes made at a Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the xx day of January, in the iiii & v yere of the raigne of our soueraigne Lord and Lady, Philip & Mariae [1558] [etc.]. S.T.C. 9457.8; Beale S265
- Publisher:
- Excusum . . . in AEdibus Iohannis Cawodi [i.e. R. Jugge], London, 1573?.
- Description:
- The rare final printing of the acts of Philipp and Mary's last parliament, including the extension of the right to a jury trial to the royal family [c.7] and the punishment of those abducting heiresses under age 16 [c.8]; two complete copies in ESTC
- Condition:
- Modern 1/4 calf over marbled boards, slightly strained, one pinhole worm, light mainly marginal staining, else crisp; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-79225
- Price:
- $ 1500.00
- Category:
- Acts
- Author:
- Title:
- Anno XXXI Reginae Elizabethae. At a Session of Parliament holden at Westminster. . . in the one and thirtieth yeere [1589] of our most gratious Soueraigne Lady Elizabeth . . . were enacted as followeth. S.T.C. 9488.5; Beale S304. Folio
- Publisher:
- Imprinted . . . by the Deputies of Christopher Barker [etc.], London, 1589.
- Description:
- The parliament enacting the 'Erection of Cottages Act' [c.7], requiring that any cottage built must have at least four acres of freehold or the equivalent, seeking to prevent overnight squatter construction, legislation not to be repealed until 1775
- Condition:
- Modern blind tooled 3/4 calf over marbled boards, light browning and staining, else quite clean with good margins; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-79447
- Price:
- $ 1100.00
- Category:
- Acts, poor law, criminal law
- Author:
- Rastell, William (comp.)
- Title:
- A Collection in English, of the Statutes nowe in force, continued from the beginning of Magna Charta, made in the 9 yeere of the reigne of King H.3. vntill . . . the 23 yeere of the Reigne of our gracious Queene Elizabeth [etc.]. S.T.C. 9315; Cowley 77
- Publisher:
- Imprinted . . . by Christopher Barker . . . 1583 [colophon], London, 1583.
- Description:
- One of Rastell's two significant contributions to legal literature, in John Baker's words "ambitious . . . a valuable reference [and of] enormous success", arranging the statutes alphabetically and far surpassing all previous efforts
- Condition:
- Modern calf, the original covers mounted, margin of title repaired (no text affected), minor marginal worming, yet a very good copy (the Taussig copy)
- Book No.:
- W-77985
- Price:
- $ 4500.00
- Category:
- Acts, Abridgements, Bibliography, Bibliography
- Author:
- Skene, John (ed.)
- Title:
- The Lawes and Acts of Parliament Made Be the Most Excellent and Mightie King and Monarch James . . . Since His Maiesties XV Parliament the XIX Day of December 1597. Collected . . . foorth of the Register of His H. Kingdome of Scotland [etc.]. S.T.C. 21892
- Publisher:
- Printed Be Thomas Finlason . . . With the Kings Majesties License, Edinburgh, 1611.
- Description:
- The sole contemporary printing of the five Parliaments [sixteen through twenty under James VI] held in Scotland between 1600 and 1609, as James departed for London in 1603 to become James I of England, Scotland and Ireland; with the two leave index
- Condition:
- Modern 1/4 calf over marbled boards, gilt, definite browning, the occasional early annotation, a good copy; with Skene's xylographic signature
- Book No.:
- W-76376
- Price:
- $ 750.00
- Category:
- Acts, SCOTLAND
- Author:
- Rastell, William (comp.)
- Title:
- A Colleccion of all the Statutes (from the beginning of Magna Carta unto the yere of our Lorde, 1557) whiche were before that yere imprinted [to] the fyrst yere of the raigne of our souerayne Lady Quene Elizabeth [etc.]. S.T.C. 9307; Beale S59; Cowley 52
- Publisher:
- In aedibus Richardi Tottelli, London, 1559.
- Description:
- One of two variants of the second edition of one of Rastell's two significant contributions to legal literature, in John Baker's words "ambitious . . . a valuable reference", surpassing all previous efforts; two copies in ESTC in this country
- Condition:
- Modern blind ruled and decorated panelled calf, the spine gilt-lettered, minor marginal worming, else well-preserved; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-78342
- Price:
- $ 5500.00
- Category:
- Acts, Abridgements, Bibliography, Bibliography
- Author:
- Title:
- The Acts Made in the First Parliament of Our Most High and Dread Soveraigne Charles [I] [through] Acts Done and past in the Third Session Of the second Triennall Parliament Of . . . Charles the II [etc.]. Eight Works in One Volume. Folio
- Publisher:
- Printed by Robert Young [etc.] [imprints vary], Edinburgh, 1633-49.
- Description:
- An unbroken record of the Scots Parliament during the two decades leading up to the Protectorate, once the copy of Sir James Hope, Lord Hopetoun, the lawyer and political radical who became the sole Scot to serve on Cromwell's Council of State
- Condition:
- Contemporary unlettered calf, the front joint cracking but holding, some browning; the Hopetoun copy with his bookplate on the front pastedown
- Book No.:
- W-76407
- Price:
- $ 1200.00
- Category:
- Acts, SCOTLAND
- Author:
- Title:
- Foure Statutes, Specially selected and commanded by his Maiestie to be carefully put in execution by all Iustices and other Officers of the Peace . . . Together with a Proclamation, a Decree of Starre-chamber, and certaine Orders [etc.]. S.T.C. 9341
- Publisher:
- Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, London, 1609.
- Description:
- First edition of over a dozen acts, orders, and other official acts, as James I confirmed Elizabethan legislation on the poor, soldiers, vagabonds, the plague, new buildings in London, and related Star Chamber proceedings involving Coke and Ellesmere
- Condition:
- Modern calf, gilt, some browning, else quite crisp, printed in black letter, with the first Signature A blank before the title; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-79926
- Price:
- $ 1250.00
- Category:
- justices of peace, Acts, poor law, London, Star Chamber
- Author:
- Title:
- The Ordinances of the British Solomon Islands Protectorate Enacted During the Year 1966, Togther with the Legal Supplement, 1966
- Publisher:
- J.C. Butler, Publisher to the Government..., Suva.
- Description:
- Condition:
- Blue cloth, a good sound copy
- Book No.:
- W-26113
- Price:
- $ 50.00
- Category:
- Solomon Islands, Solomon Islands, Acts
- Author:
- Title:
- Anno XXVI Henrici VIII. Actes Made in the session of this present parlyament holden upon prorogation at Westm . . . in the xxvi yere [1534] of the reygne of our moost drad soueraigne lorde kynge Henry the VIII [etc.]. S.T.C. 9386.5; Beale S163
- Publisher:
- Tho. Berthelet Excvdebat. Cvm Privilegio, London, 1538?].
- Description:
- A rare early printing of the acts of the Reformation Parliament giving "legal expression to [Henry VIII] as the only Supreme Head in earth of the Church of England", and enacting the treason statute leading to the trial and execution of Thomas More
- Condition:
- Modern 3/4 calf over marbled boards, light marginal staining not affecting the text, else well preserved, five copies in ESTC; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-78533
- Price:
- $ 2500.00
- Category:
- Acts
- Author:
- Title:
- The Ordinances of the British Solomon Islands Protectorate Enacted During the Year 1966, Together with the Legal Supplement, 1966
- Publisher:
- J.C. Butler, Publisher to the Government..., Suva.
- Description:
- Condition:
- Cloth-backed boards, a sound copy
- Book No.:
- W-90572
- Price:
- $ 45.00
- Category:
- Solomon Islands, Solomon Islands, Acts, English Commonwealth
- Author:
- Rastell, William (comp.)
- Title:
- A Collection of all the statutes, from the beginning of Magna charta, vnto this present yere of our Lorde God 1574. S.T.C. 9312; Beale S64
- Publisher:
- In aedibus Richardi Tottelli. An. 1574. vicesimo sexto Iulij, London, 1574.
- Description:
- An early edition of one of Rastell's two significant contributions to legal literature, "ambitious . . . a valuable reference [and of] enormous success" (Sir John Baker) surpassing all previous efforts; with the statutes in their original languages
- Condition:
- Contemporary blind panelled calf, centered lozenges, quite rubbed but sound, lightish staining, manuscript additions before the title; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-78787
- Price:
- $ 3000.00
- Category:
- Acts, Abridgements, Bibliography, Bibliography, Magna Carta
- Author:
- Title:
- Anno Regni Georgii . . . Undecimo. At the Parliament Begun and Holden at Westminster, the Ninth Day of October, Anno Dom. 1722 . . . to the Twelfth Day of November, 1724 [with] An Additional Book of Rates of Goods and Merchandizes. Folio
- Publisher:
- Printed by John Baskett [etc.], London, 1724-25.
- Description:
- The Parliamentary legislation enacted in the eleventh year of the reign of George I, complemented by the rare Additional Book of Rates created by the Customs Act of 1724 [c.7] expanding the 1660 Act of Charles II; 1 copy of the Book in ESTC in the UK
- Condition:
- Contemporary calf, rubbed and unevenly darkened, front joint cracking but firm, else a good tall copy; without the first act, on land-tax
- Book No.:
- W-77071
- Price:
- $ 350.00
- Category:
- Acts, economics
- Author:
- Title:
- Laws, Eastern Nigeria, 1964, Containing the Ordinances of Eastern Nigeria and Subsidiary Legislation Made Thereunder
- Publisher:
- Government Printer, Eastern Nigeria.
- Description:
- Condition:
- Green cloth, a bit faded and soiled, but a sound copy
- Book No.:
- W-90943
- Price:
- $ 50.00
- Category:
- NIGERIA, Acts, English Commonwealth
- Author:
- Rastell, William (comp.)
- Title:
- A Collection of all the Statutes, from the beginning of Magna Charta vnto this present yeare of our Lord God 1579. newlye augmented, and diligentlie perused [etc.]. S.T.C. 9314; Beale S66; Cowley 75
- Publisher:
- Imprinted at London by Christopher Barker, London, 1579.
- Description:
- One of Rastell's two significant contributions to legal literature, and the first edition of his work to translate his selections into English; in John Baker's words "ambitious . . . a valuable reference", surpassing all previous efforts
- Condition:
- Contemporary blind panelled calf (Oldham 775), front joint cracked, else well preserved, with the Somerhill Library bookplate; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-78746
- Price:
- $ 3500.00
- Category:
- Acts, Abridgements, Bibliography, Bibliography
- Author:
- Davidson, John
- Title:
- Remarks on Some of the Editions of the Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland
- Publisher:
- Publisher not Stated, Edinburgh], 1792.
- Description:
- Sole edition of the tract by Davidson, the lawyer and well regarded antiquary, discussing ably (and often critically) the editions of the laws of Scotland from the 11th century (likely spurious) until the printed editions of 1566 and 1597
- Condition:
- ?Original buff stabbed untrimmed wraps, a trifle worn, else well preserved, an early ownership signature on the front wrap; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-79000
- Price:
- $ 350.00
- Category:
- SCOTLAND, Acts
- Author:
- Title:
- Anno primo & secundo Philippi & Mariae. Actes made at a Parliament, begon and holden at Westminister, the xii daye of Nouembre, in the fyrste and seconde yeare of the reigne [1554-55] . . . were enacted as foloweth [etc.]. S.T.C. 9447.3; not in Beale
- Publisher:
- Excusum . . . in aedibus Iohannis Cawodi [etc.], London, 1555.
- Description:
- The rare first printing of the acts of this parliament, including a major expansion of the action of 'scandalum magnatum' [c.3], extending its scope to words (loss of ears upon conviction) and writings (the right hand); three copies in ESTC
- Condition:
- Modern vellum backed cloth boards, lacking the title and three other leaves (supplied in facsimile), badly stained, occasional notations; a working copy
- Book No.:
- W-79245
- Price:
- $ 500.00
- Category:
- Acts, criminal law, defamation
- Author:
- Rastell, William (comp.)
- Title:
- A Collection in English, of the Statutes now in force, continued from the beginning of Magna Charta, made in the 9 yeere of the reigne of King H.3. vntill . . . the 35 yeere of the Reigne of our gratious Queene Elizabeth [etc.]. S.T.C. 9319; Cowley 89
- Publisher:
- Imprinted . . . by the deputies of Christopher Barker [etc.], London, 1594.
- Description:
- One of Rastell's two significant contributions to legal literature, in John Baker's words "ambitious . . . a valuable reference [and of] enormous success", arranging the statutes alphabetically and far surpassing all previous efforts
- Condition:
- Modern calf, the original boards mounted, repairs to the lower margins of the title and next leaf (no text affected), else quite clean; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-78024
- Price:
- $ 3000.00
- Category:
- Acts, Abridgements, Bibliography, Bibliography, Magna Carta
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